alaTest USA - Product Tests & Reviews

TomTom XL 330S Reviews Analysis

GPS receiver - automotive - refurbished More product details

TomTom XL 330S
alaSCORE 86

321 reviews

November, 2009

73 / 100

5 Experts

Product Age

old
new

74 / 100

316 Users

What people think about the TomTom XL 330S: (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 321 reviews from across the web.

price

0.5

  • The price is too high
  • The price is too high, especially without integrated Bluetooth
  • tom tom brand is high pricey
  • tom tom brand is high pricey,but seem like not quaility
  • Price and color are the key to consumers not to buy
  • Decent product, but the price is very compareable to what you can find locally almost anywhere
  • Price is a little high but find it on sale, no case
  • No carrying case,did purchase a generic case
 
show all
 

performance

4

  • Route recalculations could be a little faster
  • and it will lag a little
  • very fast
  • very fast, got a GPS fix within seconds the first time i turned it on, easy to navigate, quick redirection and BIG SCREEN
  • Quick routing
  • Great nave and fast recaluating a different route
 

memory

3

  • Memory is too small
  • It doesn't have expandable memory
  • just plugging it in to your computer
  • I like the expandable memory
  • I have owned a Garmin Nuvi 750, I like the expandable memory, but I really hate the 89.99 dollar up date software that you have to get for it in order to keep it up to date
  • You plug it into your computer and it automatically updates its self no ninety dollar cds
 

LCD

5

  • The screen demonstration effect is not too good
  • Screen is bright enough, lots of features andf easy to operate
  • Large screen and changes from Daylight colors to night colors by itself
  • quick redirection and BIG SCREEN
  • With a few taps of the screen
  • Easy to view screen, easy to operate touch screen buttons
 
  • Large Screen
  • Large Screen, Easy to Update, Many Useful Features
  • Wide Screen
  • Screen
  • Love the bright 4.3 screen
  • Large screen, simple to program route
  • Screen size
show all
 

menu

0.5

  • menu navigation takes awhile to understand
 

usability

5

  • The TomTom XL 330S offers accurate directions with text-to-speech functionality and is easy to use
  • easy to update
  • Easy to use interface
  • Easy to use, highly accurate, big screen, Map Share
  • easy to navigate
 
  • The TomTom is three thousand times easier to use than the Garmin and the Magellan
  • It was so simple to operate that I never even read the directions
  • POI's are very easy to use
  • POI's are very easy to use, and I had no trouble finding hot spots near the condo
  • easy install
  • The usage is more simple
  • How easy it is to use
  • sleek and easy to use
  • ease to use
  • Easy port
  • very detailed maps and easy to use update software
  • Very easy to use and maps are up todate and very acuatre
  • This unit is so easy to use right out of the box
  • Simple to use
  • Extremely easy to use
  • Easy to use right out of the box
  • easy to use
  • simple to program route
  • Very easy to use
  • Very easy to use, Portable
  • So easy to use
show all
 

maps

3

  • Kind of hard to read the map
  • It looses GPS connection very easily
  • sometimes in clear weather conditions
  • It looses GPS connection very easily, sometimes in clear weather conditions
  • It doesn't have a GPS connection in my house (iphone does)
  • got a GPS fix within seconds the first time i turned it on
  • I would never ever go back to any other GPS unit after having my TomTom
  • I realized I didn't have a map
  • On a trip from MS to Fort Walton Beach, I realized I didn't have a map
  • and I was impressed with how it even showed the curves in the road ahead
  • It doesn't have a GPS connection in my house (iphone does), and, after I go outside, it takes more than 10 minutes (no exaggaration
  • to get GPS connection
  • No expansion slot for additional maps
  • Like every GPS unit it shows "ghost roads" or roads that aren't there but every other one I've owned did the same thing
  • but again all GPS units do it
  • Like every GPS unit it shows "ghost roads" or roads that aren't there but every other one I've owned did the same thing, and it will lag a little, after you take the turn it wants you to or you drive by it and it is recalculating it takes about a second till it catches up with what you are doing, but again all GPS units do it, so there is no getting around that
  • It was smooth operating, and I was impressed with how it even showed the curves in the road ahead
  • GPS Service
  • TomTom GPS News
  • TomTom GPS Reviews
  • GPS Service,TomTom GPS News,TomTom GPS Reviews
  • very effective gps which shows ever map clearly
  • Smart navigation system whit latest map
  • Excellent directions and quick map re-routes
  • The map updates quickly when you make the wrong turn giving you a new route
show all
 

interface

5

  • User freindly
  • User freindly,
  • Ease of use**Computer Interface**accuracy
 

screen

3

  • Unit constantly tries to send me on roads that don't exist
  • Unit constantly tries to send me on roads that don't exist, backwards on one way streets, and in one case already, across a foot bridge
  • In cold weather the mount doesn't like to stick to the window because when you blast the cold window with hot air the mount simply expands and falls off
  • In cold weather the mount doesn't like to stick to the window because when you blast the cold window with hot air the mount simply expands and falls off, all I did was grab the dash mount that was supplied and stuck it on my dash
  • Unit locks up and continues to re-boot
  • great device
  • i dont know why this device is getting poor reviews
  • LOVE IT, great device, i dont know why this device is getting poor reviews, i tried garmin and magellan before, tomtom beats them in any way
  • You can even get traffic updates sent to the unit
  • Accurate, solid construction but not heavy, window suction cup attachment is excellent for attaching unit to windshield
  • Unit locks up and continues to re-boot, unuseable
 
show all
 

voice guidance

1.5

  • it gave me a voice command to turn left
  • It told me to take the first right, and once I did, it gave me a voice command to turn left
  • voice not clear
  • The voice commands were easy to follow
  • The voice commands were easy to follow, with plenty of instruction of how far the next turn was, which direction, and even which lane to be in
 

appearance

5

  • Elegant appearance
 

portability

5

  • Portable
 

image quality

5

  • High quality and good services
 

battery

0.5

  • Battery's life is not long
  • Short duration battery
  • battery life a little short for me
  • The "three hour" battery estimate is suspect
 

size

1

  • a little pricey
  • Does not come with carrying case, a little pricey
  • Is a little big in size
  • Does a poor job planning a trip of any length that does not have an interstate
  • not too big that distracts from road
  • Goes with me, not too big that distracts from road
 

lens

5

  • SUPPORT OR CONTACT WARRANTY SUPPORT
  • SUPPORT OR CONTACT WARRANTY SUPPORT,,,WAS AN
 

connectivity

0.5

  • especially without integrated Bluetooth
  • USB jack in bad position
  • USB jack in bad position, no blue tooth
 

zoom

5

  • how to change the zoom and how to change the volume
  • With a few taps of the screen, I learned how to navigate through the menues, how to change the zoom and how to change the volume
 

build quality

1.5

  • durability
  • Nice sturdy unit
 

energy efficiency

0.5

  • The mini USB port/power connector is difficult to access
 

sound

3

  • TOM SHOULD BE OUT THE RING
  • TOM SHOULD BE OUT THE RING,NO COMPETITION WHAT
  • Sound Quality
  • Sound Quality, Screen
 

reception

1.5

  • Takes a loooong time to pick up a satellite signal
  • 1- GPS reception is very week and very slow
  • long time to find signal
  • no text to talk, long time to find signal
  • Can't get GPS signal
  • It only takes fifteen seconds to find a GPS signal even in snow
  • you only need to have three satellites for a solid signal mine has always found ten
  • It only takes fifteen seconds to find a GPS signal even in snow, rain, and overcast, you only need to have three satellites for a solid signal mine has always found ten
  • signal
 

viewfinder

5

  • Easy to view screen
 

Search results - you may continue typing to narrow your search.

loading

loading

loading

loading...